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EPISODE · May 5, 2022 · 45 MIN

More 90s! Do We Accurately Remember the Rise of the Internet and TVs Coverage of the OJ Simpson Trial? Boris Yeltsin! Were Conspiracy Theorists Lonely? Did the Phantom Menace Force Us to Grow Up?

from The Best Paragraph I've Read... · host Zac & Don

Share your comment about the 90's.  What did we get right or wrong?  What do you remember about the decade?  Please share your name and where you're from.  We hope to post a compilation podcast of your comments. Click Here.  Look for the plus button to make your recording.  The Best Paragraph I've Read: The internet was coming.  The internet was coming.  The internet was coming.  When was it coming?  Soon.  How soon?  Not today, and maybe not tomorrow.  But definitely soon.  It was always never quite there.  And then, one day, there it was - impossible to avoid and impossible to recognize until the update was complete and all alternatives had been eliminated.   There was no date for when the transfer of power occurred.  The record of the transfer has edited itself.    This paragraph comes from Chuck Klosterman's book The Nineties.  You can purchase the book here:  https://www.amazon.com/Nineties-Book-Chuck-Klosterman/dp/0735217955/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+nineties+chuck+klosterman&qid=1651107429&sprefix=the+nin%2Caps%2C257&sr=8-1 Zac and Don finish up their discussion of Chuck Klosterman's remarkable book.   Please consider sharing your opinion of our 90's podcast.  Please tell us what we got right, wrong, or anything else.  Click Here.  Then look for the plus button to make your recording.  

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